Posted by Soul's Code on 31 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
Even something as materialistic as an MP3 player can help us connect and communicate with the universe
GUEST COLUMN: AMY LEASK — When I bought my iPod, it was with great chagrin. I was teaching at the time, and I competed with the little electronic beasts for my students’ attention on a daily basis. I did [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 30 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
As The Vatican, the American Public and Republican Christians remain divided on Ted Kennedy’s “State of Grace” and “very Catholic Funeral”, US scholars debate new ways to communicate with, or ex-communicate, God. Soul’s Code highlights the great divide!
Where Americans disagree: “Kennedy funeral rings with hope, Twitter with vitriol”
Edward Moore Kennedy wrote to the Pope: “I’ve never failed [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 29 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
Michael Jackson and Princess Diana were confidantes. Each had sudden and suspicious deaths that put us in a state of shock and disbelief. Will Michael’s loom larger in the collective pop consciousness?
Diana, Princess of Wales, had one of the most famous funerals in living memory — and the memory of the ‘Peoples’ Princess’ was celebrated [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 28 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
This week, superstar clans that have lived with trauma and scandal look to bury the past in very different ways. Maybe another cultural icon and Buddhism’s four noble truths can offer a way to deal
Grief is a very private affair. But this week, it’s going very public for the loved ones of Michael Jackson [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 27 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
More than a soft-core brand: Paris Hilton does have a soul — and a kind mind
A documentary which had its first national audience at the end of July on MTV is the ultimate celeb enlightenment-moment: Paris Hilton has been playing us — and a character — all along.
Paris, not France reveals that the woman-famous-for-being-famous is [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 27 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
In The Mirror: Where Michael Jackson and Eckhart Tolle meet; gay rights in the Book of Common Prayer; Wired’s “know thyself” by the numbers; and a cancer miracle
According to the spiritual teacher and modern-day mystic, Eckhart Tolle, Michael Jackson was not a successful entertainer so much for his technical virtuosity. Instead, Jackson made a connection with [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 26 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
Despite his transgressions, in the end, Edward Kennedy was a model of grace and forgiveness. His legacy outshone Chappaquidick and the shadows cast by assassins Lee Harvey Oswald and Sirhan Sirhan
In our anxious world the news of a Kennedy death has an archetypal effect: shock and awe, a collective “pain body” experience. John F, ‘63; [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 24 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
An Episcopal priest and pagan witch see eye-to-eye on karma, the power of forgiveness and Scotland’s controversial release of the Pan Am 103 convict
DANNY KENNY and DAVID RICKEY — When Pan Am flight 103 was ripped from the skies on December 21st, 1988, it shocked the world and tore a remote tiny Scottish community apart. [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 24 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
SPIRITUAL SURF: Fortieth anniversary of Woodstock; Burning Man bigger than ever; Gladwell makes Wall Street his bitch; Lance’s losses
A BOOMER LOVE STORY: Woodstock poster couple *still* together, happily married . . .
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Posted by Soul's Code on 21 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
After having read the explanation of Spiral Dynamics, here is how to apply your knowledge of this theory in everyday life
(Read the first part of this two-part series.)
GUEST COLUMN: MICK QUINN AND DEBORA PRIETO — The easiest way to understand the essential nature of Spiral Dynamics (SD) is to picture a ladder that twists into a [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 18 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
SPIRITUAL SURF: When dinosaur media properties fight for life in an industry depression and macro recession, they invade whose turf?
Love, loss, realization, sex and “sin” are some of the life highs and lows that provoke spiritual exploration in the first place, and are among the core themes to which Soul’s Code is devoted.
We are amused [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 18 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
A San Francisco-based independent film documents an ex-addict’s journey to his own soul’s code
GUEST COLUMN: DANNY KENNY — Some people are born Frank and some people learn to be Frank, but in the new film “May I be Frank” no one can ever really be Frank except, well, Frank. Earnest, characterized as someone with a [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 17 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
SPIRITUAL SURF: The true cost of temptation; Whole Foods’ CEO gives Obama food for thought; Hollywood seeks its own soul’s code through therapy and self-improvement
In Great Britain, the disaffected, heroin-addicted young men immortalized in Irvine Welsh’s seminal novel, Trainspotting, are now middle-aged. And, it emerged this week, they are dying before their time. (The Guardian)
The [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 17 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
Perception — the fine line between the real and the actual. Lawrence Doochin learns to see past his illusions, and strives to help others do the same.
BOOK EXCERPT FROM LAWRENCE DOOCHIN’S NEW RELEASE I AM THEREFORE I AM: FINDING GOD IN OUR HEART — What is the difference between the following statements? The world is as I [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 17 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
From herbs to T-Tapp exercises and cold-laser treatments, the key is boosting your lymphatic system
GUEST COLUMN: VAISHALI — At the end of June, 2009, the U.S. Center for Disease Control estimated that one million Americans had contracted swine flu. In July, after more than two dozen deaths, Britain’s National Health Service budgeted for a [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 17 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
“The next time you pick up a newspaper forecasting the end of the world, remember to laugh.”
GUEST COLUMN: VAISHALI — The only thing more highly contagious than a virus, bacteria, mold spore or free radicals is fear. The panic that arises from imagining oneself succumbing to the dreaded swine flu is a far greater health-threatening [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 15 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
Does Facebook lead to suicide? Purging secrets online; Roger Ebert reviews reincarnation; Which religions monitor Julia Roberts and Madonna?
Controversial and visionary British bishop, Jonathan Blake (head of the Open Episcopal Church) has denounced the head of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales for portraying Facebook as a suicide risk.
The object of his dissent: [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 10 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
Like most women, I’ve had food “issues” throughout my life — let’s dish!
BY CYNDI INGLE — One of my favorite photos from my carefree childhood shows me at four years of age doing a face plant into the white iced goodness of a delicious cake (pictured at right). This visual succulently sums up my relationship [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 10 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
Phyllis King is no victim; she experienced abuse, yet found a way to re-frame negative experiences
GUEST COLUMN: PHYLLIS KING — As an incest survivor, I have learned a lot about control and abuse of power.
My life reads like a struggle for survival. My challenges have included loneliness, betrayal, and rejection by many whom I held most dear. [...]
Posted by Soul's Code on 08 Jul 2009 | Tagged as:
What is déjà vu? Is it repressed memories of times past, or something greater? Radio host and author Sandy Andrew offers a radical, spiritual view
GUEST COLUMN: SANDY ANDREW — Have you ever found yourself in a casual situation when, suddenly, your consciousness flashes back to a memory that seems impossible to be valid? After [...]
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